POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENTS AND VICE-PRESIDENTS OF
UNITED STATES

Year of ElectionNumber of StatesTotal Electoral Vote4Political Party1Presidential CandidatesStatesPopular VoteElect'l Vote1Vice-Presential CandidatesStatesElectoral Vote
1789 210 73   George Washington Va   69      
        John Adams Mass         34
        John Jay NY         6
        R H Harrison Md         6
        John Rutledge SC         6
        John Hancock Mass         4
        George Clinton NY         3
        Samuel Huntington Conn         2
        John Milton Ga         2
        James Armstrong Ga         1
        Benjamin Lincoln Mass         1
        Edward Telfair Ga         1
        Vacancies     4     4
                   
1792 15 135 Federal George Washington Va   132      
      Federal John Adams Mass         77
      Democratic George Clington NY         50
      Democratic Thomas Jefferson Va         4
      Democratic Aaron Burr NY         1
        Vacancies     3     3
                   
1796 16 138Federal John Adams Mass   71    
      Democratic Thomas Jefferson Va         68
     Federal Thomas Pinckney SC        59
     Democratic Aaron Burr NY        30
     Democratic Samuel Adams Mass        15
     Independent Oliver Ellsworth Conn       11
     Democratic George Clinton NY        7
     Federal John Jay NY        5
     Federal James Iredell NC       3
     Federal George Washington Va        2
     Federal John Henry Md        2
     Federal S. Johnson NC        2
     Federal Charles C Pinckney SC        1
                   
1800 16 138 Democratic Thomas Jefferson Va   373     
     Democratic Aaron Burr NY        373
     Federal John Adams Mass        65
     Federal Charles C Pinckney SC        64
     Federal John Jay NY        1
                   
1804 17 176 Democratic Thomas Jefferson Va  162 George Clinton NY 162
     Federal Charles C Pinckney SC  14 Rufus King NY 14
                   
1808 17 176 Democratic James Madison VA   122 George Clinton NY 112
     Federal Charles C Pinckney SC   47 Rufus King NY 47
     Democratic George Clinton NY   6 John Langdon NH 9
          James Madison VA 3
           James Monroe Va 3
      Vacancy    1    1
                   
1812 18 218 Democratic James Madison Va   128 Elbridge Gerry Mass 131
     Federal DeWitt Clinton NY   89 Jared Ingersoll Penn 86
       Vacancy     1     1
                   
1816 19 221 Democratic James Monroe Va   183 D D Tompkins NY 183
     Federal Rufus King NY   34 John E Howard Md 22
     Federal        James Ross Penn 5
          John Marshall Va 4
           Robert G Harper Md 3
      Vacancies    4    4
                   
1820 24 235 Democratic James Monroe Va   231 D D Thompkins NY 218
     Democratic John Q Adams Mass   1 Richard Stockton NJ 8
           Daniel Rodney Del 4
           Robert G Harper Md 1
           Richard Bush Penn 1
      Vacancies    3    3
                   
1824 24 261 Democratic Andrew Jackson Tenn 155,872 599 John C Calhoun SC 182
    Coalition John Q Adams Mass 105,321 84 Nathan Sanford NY 30
     Democratic Wm H Crawford Ga 44,282 41 Nathaniel Macon NC24
     Democratic Henry Clay KY 46,587 37 Andrew Jackson Tenn 13
           Martin Van Buren NY 9
           Henry Clay KY 1
      Vacancy        1
                   
1828 24 261 Democratic Andrew Jackson Tenn 647,231 178 John C Calhoun SC 171
     Nat Republican John Q Admas Mass 509,097 83 Richard Rush Penn 83
           William Smith SC 7
                   
1832 24 288 Democratic Andrew Jackson Tenn 687,502 219 Martin VanBuren NY 189
     Nat Republican Henry Clay KY 530,189 49 John Sergeant Penn 49
      
Anti-Mason
John Floyd
William Wirt
Ga
Md
 
33,108
11
7
Henry Lee
Amos Ellmaker
Mass
Penn
11
7
             William Wilkins Penn 30
       Vacancies    2    2
                   
1836 26 294 Democratic Martin VanBuren NY 761,549 170 R M Johnson6 Ky 147
     Whig
Whig
Whig
Whig
Wm H Harrison
Hugh L White
Daniel Webster
W P Mangum
Ohio
Tenn
Mass
NC
 
 
 
736,656
73
26
14
11
Francis Granger
John Tyler
William Smith
 
NY
Va
Ala
 
77
47
23
 
                   
1840 26 294 Whig Wm H Harrison Ohio 1,275,017 234 John Tyler Va 234
     Democratic Martin VanBuren NY 1,128,702 60 R M Johnson Ky 48
     Abolition James G Birney NY 7,059      
           L W Tazewell Va 11
           James K Polk Tenn 1
                   
1844 26 275 Democratic James K Polk Tenn 1,337,243 170 George M Dallas Penn 170
     Whig Henry Clay KY 1,299,068 105 Theo Frelinghysen NH 105
     Abolition James G Birney NY 62,300   Thos Morris Ohio  
                   
1848 30 290 Whig Zachary Taylor La 1,360,101 163 Millard Fillmore NY 163
     Democratic Lewis Cass Mich 1,220,544 127 Wm O Butler Ky 127
     Free Soil Martin VanBuren NY 291,263   Chas F Adams Mass  
                   
1852 31 296 Democratic Franklin Pierce NH 1,601,474 254 Wm R King Ala 254
     Whig Winfield Scott NJ 1,386,578 42 Wm A Graham NC 42
     Abolition John P Hale NH 156,149   Geo W Julian Ind  
                   
1856 31 296 Democratic James Buchanan Pa 1,838,169 174 J C Breckinridge Ky 174
     Republican John C Fremont Cal 1,341,264 114 Wm L Dayton NJ 114
     American Millard Fillmore NY 874,534 8 A J Donelson Tenn 8
                   
1860 33 303 Republican Abraham Lincoln Ill 1,866,352 180 Hannibal Hamlin Me 180
     Democratic J C Brenkenridge Ky 845,763 72 Joseph Lane Ore72
     Const Union John Bell Tenn 589,581 39 Edward Everett Mass 39
     Democratic S A Douglas Ill 1,375,157 12H V Johnson Ga 12
                   
1864 36 314 Republican Abraham Lincoln Ill 2,216,067 212 Andrew Johnson Tenn 212
     Democratic Geo B McClellan NJ 1,808,725 21 G H Pendleton Ohio 21
      7Vacancies    23    23
                   
1868 37 317 Republican Ulysses S Grant Ill 3,709,613 214 Schuyler Colfax Ind 214
     Democratic Horatio Seymour NY 2,709,613 80 F P Blair, Jr Mo 80
      8Vacancies    23    23
                   
1872 37 366 Republican Ulysses S Grant Ill 3,597,070 286 Henry Wilson Mass 286
    Dem and Lib Horace Greeley NY 2,834,079   B Gratz Brown Mo 47
           John Q Adams Mass  
           John Russell Mich  
     Democratic Charles O'Conor NY 29,408   Geo W Julian Ind 5
     Temperance James Black Penn 5,608   A H Colquitt Ga 5
     Democratic Thos A Hendricks Ind   42 John M Palmer Ill 3
    Democratic B Gratz Brown Mo   18 T E Bramlette Ky 3
     Democratic Charles J Jenkins Ga   2 Wm S Groesbeck Ohio 1
     Independent David Davis Ind   1 Willis B Machen Ky 1
           N P Banks Mass 1
      9Not counted    17    14
                   
1876 38 369 Republican Rutherford B Hayes10 Ohio 4,033,885 185 Wm A Wheeler Ind 185
     Democratic Samuel J. Tilden NY 4,284,950 184 T A Hendricks NY 184
     Greenback Peter Cooper NY 81,740   Samuel F Cary Ohio  
     Prohibition Green Clay Smith Ky 9,522   Gideon T Stewart Ohio  
     American James B Walker Ill 2,636   D Kirkpatrick NY  
                   
1880 38 369 Republican James A Garfield Ohio 4,439,745 214 Chester A Arthur NY 214
     Democratic Winfield S Hancock Penn 4,435,911 155 Wm H English Ind 155
     Greenback James b Weaver Iowa 306,219   B J Chambers Texas  
     Prohibition Neal Dow Me 10,305   H Thompson Ohio  
     American John W Phelps Vt 707   S C Pomeroy Kas  
                   
1884 38 401 Democratic Grover Cleveland NY 4,845,255 219 T A Hendricks Ind 219
     Republican James G Blaine Me 4,818,671 182 John A Logan Ill 182
     Prohibition John P St John Kas 150,767  William Daniels Md 
     National, Etc. Benj F Butler Mass 270,359  A M West Miss  
      Scattering   9,231       
                   
1888 38 401 Republican Benjamin Harrison Ind 5,439,877 233 Levi P Morton NY 233
     Democratic Grover Cleveland NY 5,538,421 168 Allen G Thurman Ohio 168
     Prohibition Clinton B Fisk NJ 251,147   John A Brooks Mo  
     Union Labor A J Streeter Ill 145,961   C E Cunningham Ark  
     ULA, etc. Scattering   9,531       
                   
1892 44 444 Democratic Grover Cleveland NY 5,554,563 276 A E Stevenson Ill 276
     Republican Benjamin Harrison Ind 5,159,607 145 Whitelaw Reid NY 145
     People's Party James B Weaver Iowa 1,054,096 23 James G Field Va 23
     Prohibition John Bidwell Cal 270,849   Rev J B Cranfell Texas  
     Socialist Simon Wing Mass 21,224  Charles H Matchett NY  
      Scattering   76,975       

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